Hamito-Semitic

[ ham-i-toh-suh-mit-ik ]
/ ˈhæm ɪ toʊ səˈmɪt ɪk /

adjective, noun

Origin of Hamito-Semitic

1905–10; Hamito-, combining form of Hamitic

British Dictionary definitions for hamito-semitic

Hamito-Semitic

noun

a former name for Afro-Asiatic (def. 1)

adjective

denoting or belonging to this family of languages